GNVQ ICT - Intermediate

Unit 10 - Networks and Communications

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On this level:

Specification
Assessment Guidance
Assessment Grid
Learning Resources
Assignment
Useful Links
Terms to understand
Site Map
Bulletin board

On the level below:

BBC Webwise - a good starting point if you are unfamiliar with the Internet

http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/learn/menu.shtml

BBC GCSE Bitesize – Communications - Use this revision section to learn about communications

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ict/datacomm/index.shtml

BBC GCSE Bitesize – first two topics - complete just these two topics

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ict/implications/index.shtml

The world wide web:

Introduction: http://www.imagescape.com/helpweb/www/oneweb.html - a very good introduction - worth working through by everyone

Virtual tourist: http://www.virtualtourist.com/vt/ - an excellent example of a creative website where users are able to contribute themselves

Using search engines: http://www.imagescape.com/helpweb/www/search.html - very useful when learning about finding data on the Internet

Email information: http://www.imagescape.com/helpweb/mail/mail.html - very useful - worth working through!

FTP: links http://www.imagescape.com/helpweb/ftp/ftptop.html - If you don't now what FTP is then read this!

Newsgroups: http://www.imagescape.com/helpweb/news/compare.html - As above - but for Newsgroups

Internet concerns:

Kids and the web: http://www.imagescape.com/helpweb/concerns/kid.html - keeping safe when using the Internet

Safe computing: http://www.imagescape.com/helpweb/concerns/virus.html - as above

Dealing with email spam: http://www.imagescape.com/helpweb/concerns/spam.html - a growing problem!

Internet fraud: http://www.imagescape.com/helpweb/concerns/fraud.html - as the Internet grows so do the opportunities for criminals to cheat other users - but the person stealing your money could be from the other side of the world!

History of the Internet

http://www.imagescape.com/helpweb/history/background.html - If you have got this far and still have an appetite for more - you can find out how it all began ------- by accident!!!!  The Internet was never meant to become what it has done!  It was just a simple tool used by American University academics to share ideas....... 

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